Category: MWIA Poster Abstracts

Dr A Freeman, Adrienne Freeman Medical Pty Ltd

CONTEXT: Childbirth takes place in diverse environments. There are life-threatening events regarded as the usual risks of pregnancy. Developed countries have greatly reduced maternal mortality but perinatal mortality and morbidity are of concern and the foetus and neonate are at high-risk peri-partum. There is now high incidence of babies being born in ambulances in gridlock and this is likely to rise. Emergency services are strained. Ambulances with neonatal resuscitation equipment may not always meet the need.

Miss Cassie Rickard ^1,2, Miss Emily Butler ^1,2, Ms Sarah Connally ²
1 Monash University Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Victoria, Australia, 2 Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory, Australia

BACKGROUND: Eleven percent of infants in remote Northern Territory communities are wasted, and 46% anaemic. Inappropriate infant feeding practices contribute to the poor health outcomes of Indigenous children. A culturally relevant resource, A Story About Feeding Babies, was developed to educate families about appropriate feeding practices, disseminated in 2006.

Dr Adrienne Freeman, Adrienne Freeman Medical Pty Ltd CONTEXT. In

Medical Student Award

Ms Gargi Kothari¹, Assoc Prof Deb Colville^1,2, Dr Jo Wainer²
1 Medical Student, University Of Melbourne, Melbourne University Dept Of Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye And Ear Hospital, 32 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3002, 2 Centre For Gender And Medicine, Monash Institute Of Health Services Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Address for correspondence: [email protected]

Aim
Cataract surgery rates (CSR) show sex-disaggregated differentials, but less research has been conducted in developed countries. Also, gender is rarely critiqued within Australian ophthalmic education. This study aimed to provide a gender profile of cataract surgery patients at a Melbourne hospital and to identify how ophthalmic curriculum considers gender.

Dr A Freeman, Adrienne Freeman Medical Pty Ltd

BACKGROUND. There are many regimens for pharmacological abortion. Some of these can now be provided in diverse communities. Mifepristone shortens the induction-abortion interval. Its cost would be an impediment in developing nations. When mifepristone is not available, misoprostol can be used alone. Misoprostol can be administered by several routes, is cheap, and does not degrade readily.

Dr A Freeman, Adrienne Freeman Medical Pty Ltd

BACKGROUND. There is worldwide need to accomplish abortions with safety. This objective advanced by the development of various regimens for pharmacological abortion. Although mifepristone is valuable as it shortens the induction-abortion interval has been, its cost would be an impediment in developing nations. When mifepristone is not available, misoprostol can be used alone. It may be administered by several routes, is cheap, and does not degrade readily.

Dr J JohKorea Medical Women’s Association As director of Seoul

Prof SH Park, Ms YM Lee, Ms ES Lee, Dr

Mrs Jee-In Chung 1,2,3, Dr Eun Joo Baik 1,2,31 Department

A/Prof Chan Joo Kim, A/Prof Ji Young Kwon, Dr Hyun